Music

"I don't care much about music. What I like is sounds." — Dizzy Gillespie

• The Last Donut of the Night

  Nicholas MirielloJul 11, 2014

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• Heroic Age Post-Modernism

  Alex NivenJul 4, 2014

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• Revolutionary Performances

  How It Feels to Be Free traces both the idea of “the Black Revolutionary” and the lived experiences of actual revolutionaries — particularly the revolutionary performances of Black women entertainers.

  Fiona I.B. Ngô Jul 3, 2014

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• Alienated Old Man Creates Some Sad Music

  Stephen DeusnerJul 1, 2014

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  Irritated Critics

  This is and is not the book Ellen Willis fans asked for.

  Lisa LevyMay 12, 2014

  • Gender & Sexuality

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  An Invisible Man, A Visible Voice

  Robert ReaMay 10, 2014

  • Biography & Autobiography

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  Experiments in Taste

  Carl Wilson confronts a musical work he cannot understand the merits of: Céline Dion’s Let’s Talk About Love. Every critic should be attempting these experiments on a regular basis.

  Elias LeightMay 1, 2014

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  Anywhere But Here: The Power of Place in '80s New Wave

  Gina VivinettoApr 29, 2014

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• Piece of My Heart

  Stephen DeusnerApr 27, 2014

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  The Donald Fagen Papers

  In his new collection of essays, Fagen pays tribute to the culture that spawned his sensibility and sound.

  Lary WallaceApr 16, 2014

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  Performance Anxiety: David Grubbs’s “Records Ruin the Landscape”

  Records Ruin the Landscape: John Cage, the Sixties, and Sound Recording

  Dave MandlMar 24, 2014

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  Bach Psychology: Gothic, Sublime, or just human?

  With scant primary documents to his name, Bach is nonetheless the most written-upon classic composer, which has led to a fluid historical identity.

  Michael MarkhamMar 10, 2014

  • Music